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Wood, Rieken lead students next semester jeoAyres
Now that the dust of the electio ns has se ttled , our newl y elected offici a ls, Laure n Wood and Julie Rieken , ha ve take n s tock of their resources and turn ed Wood to face the challenges next semester with determination.
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Lauren Wood, the newly elected student trustee, has a great deal of di stric t ~oard meetings this summer to look forward to. On being elected, Wood said, ''I'm very excited; there 's a lot of work to be done." Currently, Wood is concentrati ng o n bringing in more communication between the students and the board . Wood 's main goals this semester are to ·, • to increase student voice in the board; • get more feedback going between the J;loard a nd the student body. "The board is wi lling to liste n," Wood
said. She also urges all Associated Student Council and club reps to try and send members to the board meetings. The next meeting is sc heduled for next Tu es d ay, May II , at Rieken 7:30p.m. Julie Rieken , in her second term as ASC President, is already a n old hand at getting things organized. When asked how she felt about being re-
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11alu.es Tom Spaulding Staff Writer Eve n thou g h her m o th e r won' t be runnin g with her at the NorCa l Championships Friday, Teresa Guardado knows her mother is rig ht behind her. Teresa and her mother, Anna, may be the first mother/daughter teammates in San Jose City Coll ege hi story. Ann a Guardado, 36, a nd her da ughter Teresa, 19, are both members of Sa n Jo se City College's trac k a nd cross country team s. Endurance runs in the Guardado family. More accurately, the Guardado family j ust ru ns. " Even my g ra ndmother ru ns," sa id Teresa, laughing . ·'S he just doesn ' t go as fast. " Next fa ll the re will be yet another Guardado in Jaguar purple and gold , with the e ntrance of An na·s so n Anuario from Overfelt Hi g h School. On Frid ay, Teresa will rep-
elected , Rieken said, "(I fee l) ... wonderful. " Rieke n was also pleased by the turnout of students at thi s year 's electi on. Rieken's goals for this semester include: • complete the articulation process; • continue her efforts to impl.ement Measure I; • increase campus safety. The ASC hold s open meetin gs every Wednesday at 2: I 0 p.m. There are offices still open . If you are interested, contact Julie Rieken for details and requirements at 298-2181, ext. 3906.
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Mari Matsumoto/The Times Mother Anna Gu'ardao, back, and daughter Teresa show family endurance by winning medals for San Jose City College.
resent San Jose City College as the team 's o nl y female athlete at the NorCal Champion s hip s. She earned the honor by qualifying at the Coast Conference Championships the weekend of April 20 in San Francisco with a time of 5 minutes, 23.65 sec onds in the I ,500 meter run.
Her mother narrowly missed an invitation to the NorCal Championships by, as Anna says, "fractions of a second." She did, however, get a medal for finishing fifth in the 3,000 meter race at the Coast ConferSee Guardado, page 7 .
U nder a proposed rewrite of the San Jose/Evergree n Co mmunity Co ll ege District Board consensual rel a tion s hip s policy, it ma y be against the rules for a n instructor to have a sex ual relation ship with a s tudent. At the April 27 board meeting, Pa uline Clarke, director of human reso urces, brought forth a proposed c hange to the curren t sex ual harassment policy, Section 1560, for board approval. C larke sa id that c hanges we re made to the policy because of unclear language regarding teacher/ student relationships. However, the measure was not approved due to objections from both the San Jose City College and Evergreen Valley College Academic Senates, which had serious questions on the language of the policy. Clarke introduced the policy, stating that both senates had seen a nd approved of the pol icy c hanges, sai d Patrick Butl er, City Col lege AS president. A t the meeting, however, Butler said that City College's senate had not seen the policy changes nor been asked for input on the
c hanges. "We all ag ree that there needs to be a policy to prevent (s tudent/ teacher relation s hip s)," Butler said. "But the language is so broad that it is dangerous." The revised policy says, "The District prohibits its supervisors and in structors from e ngagin g in amorous, romantic, or sexual relationships with students or individual s over whom they have a supe rvi sorial or unequal relationship .... " With thi s c urrent wo rdin g, it seem s as if no instruc tor can have a relatio nship with any stude nt on campus. Butl er also di sagreed with the sec tion added to the policy that requires a instructor to turn in another instructor or employee if he or she catches them violati ng the policy. Consequences for not turning in the offender may result in disciplinary actio n which including ter' mination , suspension and other appropriate action , acco rdin g to the rewrite of the policy. Evergreen 's Academic Senate President, Nancy Zeiszler, said that she had seen the policy but that the senate had questions on its word-
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La Raza hosts Cinco de Mayo festivities isa Prieto \ sistant Editor With a tlutter of brigh t kirts 1nd dance that transcends time. ·hree girls from Washington El~ ntary School danced to a quick 1eat at the Cinco de Mayo celebraJon at San Jose City College. La Raza ho ted the Cinco de \ layo celebration in the City Colge quad from I 0 a.m. to I p.m. on May 3 and 5. Dancer . a pinata. a live band .mel a variety of food were among t ihe things that were offered. .. , thought (the dancer ) were cea lly good ,'' aid the EOP&S Coun elor Carol Young.
La Raza also ran a competition for the first Cinco de Mayo queen. The voting began at the beginning of the Cinco de Mayo celebration on May 3. Eleven students ran fo r the title of Cinco de Mayo Queen. Azure B. Rodriguez and Meipo Florez were selected the Cinco de Mayo pri nee se and Ti ffin i Ca tech wa elected queen. ·'It 's a great honor to be the fir t queen,' ' aid Castech. Florez and R odriguez were given small tiara . Castech was given a larger tiara, dinner for two at the Spaghetti Factory, a di count book, passes for the upcoming La R aza poetry
festival and free food at the stand. ''The students put a lot of. .. v:'ork into the event," sa id Mexican American tudies in tructor and La Raza advi or Je us Covarrubias. La Ra za began the Cinco de Mayo celebrations on May 3 with a live band and a barbecue. The band ... Theatro de los Pobres,'' sang in both English and Spani h. One of the Spanish o ngs they performed was about not drinking Coors beer because of political reason . 'T m happy.'' aid La Raza member Maggie Romero. Romero oversaw both event for May 3 and 5. "(rm ) very, very tired but it was worth it."
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Dancer . from left, Daisy Hurtado, Evelyn Ri va a nd Carla Munoz from Washington Elementary School celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the College Union Quad on Wednesday.
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Army reservist fears possible active duty Steven J. Choy Staff Writer (
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'Sense of obligation ... ' may have bad consequences ov. Gray Davis thinks California co ll ege students don ' t know how good they've got it. In a news conference that hi ghlighted hi s ach ievements in hi s first 100 days in office Davis said that students have no " ... sense of the obligation to the future and appreciati on for what they inherited." He added that students " ... don't under tand how fortunate they are here in America in 1999 .. ." To rectify this, he wants community service to." be a requirement for graduation for both community colleges and universities. He said that students need to give something back , and he wants to make it mandatory. The way to implement this, is to integrate service learning into the curriculum. Service learning integrates community service with academic instruction . Ideally, service learning gives students the opportunity to work in their chosen field of study while helping the community and increasing their sense of civic responsibility. Some service learning projects could include: nursing students providing home health care to the elderl y or disabled, English students assisting in adult literacy programs and sociology students educating the community on HIV/AIDS prevention . The list is limitless and all of these services are worthy. Unfortunately, most students don 't have the time to do community service. They are too busy trying to survive. At San Jose City College 83 percent of the student body works and at San Jose State
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Univers ity 77 percent of students work. These numbers show that students don ' t have the time for mandatory community service. According to recent national studi es, San Jose State has the highest average of working students at the university level in the country. Evergreen Valley College, with 85 percent of its student body working, has the second highest rate according to a study done by California Community Colleges. This comes as no surpri se to us since the cost of li ving here is at I 56 percent, 56 percent higher than the national average. The nati onal average cost of a hou se in the United States is approximately $110,000. The average cost of housing Santa Clara County is approximately $400,000. It's not that students don't apprec iate the advantages of being in America, we do. However, many students are too busy keeping a roof over their heads to work for free . If Davis wants students to 'give something back' then he needs to give something back to students. We need reasonable housi ng prices . Until it is possible to pay a reasonable price for housing, students will continue to have to work to survive and fewer will have time to attend college and do community service at the same time. By imposing community service as a requirement for a diploma, Davis would adversely effect the quality of life for many students. Now wouldn't that teach us to appreciate being in America?
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Today fear is an emotion that seems to be running rampant in the world. Ethnic Albanians fear for their lives and for shelter, along with starving and stay in g united with their famil ies . Serbian c itize ns fea r that United Nations' attacks may make a fatal mistake and destroy their homes alo ng with many li ves. Citi ze ns of Macedonia a nd Albania fear that their nation al eco nom ies will be adver sely effected by thousands of refugees fleeing Kosovo. What do I fear? Like thou sa nd s of Amer icans who belong to the United States military reserves, act iv e and inactive, I fear that my affili ation may soon earn me a one-way ticket to a haunting si tuation . The fact that the United States is ca llin g for thousands of reservists to "help-out" overseas, causes me to think about the frightening realization that I will see for myself, the death and destruction usually only a reality to Americans made by Hollywood . In 1991 , both activ e a nd inactive reservi sts were called in to assist an already down s ized active military force against Iraq . Most of us know the outcome of that " war."
They say the United States won. We stopped Iraqi aggression against Kuwait. Two years later, when I enlisted in ac tive duty for the army, r saw the other results of that disaster. 1 was shocked to see gulf war veterans horribly scarred. Some of them were slowly losing their hair and it was being replaced by red blotches similar to science fiction special effects. These soldi ers must live their lives this way as a price for serving their country. I'm sure if you ask the soldiets. they wo uldn't have wanted it any other way. Although my feeli ngs are similar, 1 still am reluctant to go to a foreign land and face possibk death for something I'm not all ill sure r understand. Should Americans suffer whik the rest of the world watches? Our sufferi ng may not seem Ill be as great as the suffering the bombs and ethnic cleansing bas ca u sed in Kosovo, but more Ameri can lives are affected than just the soldiers in battle. F a milies, loved ones and communities stand the chance d losin g out when our country puts Ame ri can lives at risk in forei countri es. Although I'm prepared to ~ and roll o ut when called, I still can·t help thinkin g twice about pickin, up the pho ne in fear that UncleS will be o n the other side.
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SPEAKOUT §IPJEAK01U1r SPEAKOUT §IPJEAK0 1U1r Should colleges require community service?
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"No. It is difficu lt enoug h being a student. You have rent and grades to maintain ."
"Yes. 1 think definitely it should . It teaches you val ues."
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" Yes. There is an over all lack of involvement in the community."
" No. I think onl y if it is req uired in the class room."
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Beyond the workshops and meetings , participants could sample the nightly events, including a casino night and a hypnotist performance.
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I City College student joins .he entrepreneur world • . Je ig1l1ng greeting cards.
music onto CD's to send to KNEXT for his weekly show. Mallory's show runs from 11-11 :30 a.m. on Sundays. Mallory, who believes that the classes he has taken at City College have been beneficial in helping him start his business, has always wanted to go into busi ness for himself. " If you don ' t have (any) confidence," said Mallory, "you can't do it." Mallory is currently working on lines for seasonal cards. Post cards and stationary are also in the works. Mallory plans to not only put the cards into the malls but also to expand world wide. Next year he hopes to start his own record label as well .as transfer to San Jose State University. Amongst the places that the Graffiti Graphics cards are available are Paramount Imports and Elemen ts in San Jose and Simply Romance in Gilroy. They sell for $2.99. For more information, please call Mallory at (408) 397-4257 .
Luisa Prieto l.ssistant Editor While most students look forward to entering the . iness world after they graduate, San Jose City Coltge student Jason Mallory has already begun. Mallory's company, Graffiti Graphics, has created series of cards that cater to the hip hop market. The cards are written with a graffiti flair. They curtntly have three sayings: "happy birthday," "hugs and risses," and "it's been a long time." Mallory is a DJ for 106.1 KNEXT, a border station Laredo, Texas. He was inspired with the idea of the cards last De:tmber when he was sending cards to people in the ~usic business who had sent him promotional CD's .nd records. "I sent the cards out the day before Christmas and I JOl the idea in ... January," said Mallory. Within two months, Mallory had his cards on dis•lay in five stores in San Jose, Mountain View and ilroy. When he's not working towrds his business degree City College, Mallory is burning hip hop and dance
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Budding entrepenprenur Jason Mallory poses with his new venture into the world , Graffiti Graphics,greeting cards displayed in the store Elements in downtown San Jose . The idea was formulated when Mallory, a radio OJ , was sending out greeting cards to CD and record promotional companies.
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Special effects give new life to 'Mummy' Joseph Urzua Entertainment Editor A a horror fi lm , "The Mummy" is not all it's wrapped up to be. However, as an adventure it buries the rest. This ambi tious new version of the I 940's classic directed by Stephen Sommers, stars Brendan Fraser(Bi ast from the Past), Rachel Weisz (Chai n Reaction), John Hannah, and Arnold Vosloo. This new version captures elements from several of the earlier "Mummy" films and combines them into well tuned story ripe with adventure, thrills, humor and romance. Following the original story line, in 1719 B.C. Egypt, the pharaoh is betrayed and murdered by hi s mistress and hi s high priest, Imhotep (Vosloo), who are lovers. The furious guards curse and mummify the priest alive and hide him in the city of the dead. Fast forward to the I 920s, where a timid Egyptologi t, Evelyn (Weisz), her brother Jonathan (Hannah),a roguish American, Rjck O'Connell (Fraser) and a flock of treasure hunters eek the fabled "City of the Dead." They un wittingly release the mummy from his rest and he's not happy. Armed with the I0 plagues of Egypt, he sets out to resurrect his lost love and rule the world . Question is, how do you ki ll a two thousand year old mummy? Although more of an adventure fi lm than horror ffi ck, it is a welcome change from the origi nal. Fraser was well cast as Rjck O' Connell. He had a "Han Solo" here-we-go-again quality and reluctance that really worked for the fi lm . Weiszs' Evelyn was al o a pleasant urprise. She brough t a naive quality to the character that added to her charm. Another welcome deviation fro m the original was she wasn' t a completely helpless dam el in distress, he stood_!!P.·and fought with the big boy .- r:~~· Yosloo brought an imposing evi l to the character that makes him cary yet fun to watch. His mummy's not
wrapped in bandages with stiff arms and legs; he's very vibrant and malicious. Thi s versio n of "The Mummy" has more of an "Indiana Jones" feel to it. Fi lmed on locatio n in Egypt, the film featured some beautiful photography of desert settings. The visual effects were stunning, incl uding a half rotted mummy walking around, a plag ue of locust and was ps, a swarm of scarab beetles, and a huge desert sandstorm with the face of the mummy comi ng out of it. However, the PG-13 rating may have been given a bit loosely. The tilm is rather graphic and may not be suitable for the sq ueamish. The mummy is not wrapped up in bandages as in the original and does not leave much to the imagination. Although not quite on par with the upcoming "Star Wars" flick, "The Mummy" is an enjoyable adventure with a lot of fun, thrills and eye-popping visual effects.
Often, people see commercials and newspaper ads about strange and exotic places and think to themselves, "I wi sh I could go there, but I don ' t think I' II ever have the money." Well, the Internet is now bringing these places to you via the real-time sites popping up on the web. Real-time sites are sites that have cameras set up in specific locations that show you what's going on at that particular spot. Mirrors are set up on atellites to proj ect the camera images across the entire world, o the time is current with time the viewer logs on. The page is updated every 30 econds so viewers can see what is happening currently. The site I find most interesting, not to mention educational , is Africam. com, which is based in Lowveld, South Afri ca. Seven cameras are set up throughout three national animal refuges. Sabi Sabi Game Reserve, South Africa National Park and Djuma Game Reserve al l have hundreds of animals that li ve freely, natu rally and undisturbed. All three locations have stationary cameras set up near or directl y at watering holes, because that's where the ani mals tend to do most of their gathering. Two locations also have mobile-cams
which can be moved whenever omething interesting is happening. The mobile cam came in handy last November when a female zebra was killed by two male lions. Africam.com also has other intere ting links, like a highlights page where you can go through aved pictures of other days. There's an attached chat room and message board, as well as a section with detailed descri ptio ns and information characteri tic of each animal observed. Another interesting concept, is that of the ranger 's journal. This is where one of the rangers writes down each day what has happened in the park. The on ly dow nfall is the time difference. Africa i nine hours ahead of us, so noon here is 9 p.m. for the animals. The be t time to catch a glimpse of the amazing creatures is early morning, or around midnight for all yo u ni ght owls, no pun intended. Thi s is when they are most acti ve and are mo t likely to be at the water holes getting a drink or playing around. Now, I wouldn't recommend si tting at your computer watching an empty screen reload every 30 seconds for 3 hours in hope to see a hyena replenishing itself. However, I think that if you have some down time between bells, Africam.com is an interesting place to go and witne s nature. OK, so it's not like petting a REAL elephant, but hey, it doesn't smell bad either.
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Steven J. <;:hoy Sports Editor Ed Villanueva has been fighting his way through life for almost his entire 28year existence. He fought drug and alcohol addiction, molestation, a disfunctional family, the law and homelessness all before the age of21. Today, Ed Villanueva fights again. This time he's fighting for a dream . Something that he's dreamt about as a child, before hi~ innocence was taken away, and this time it's in a ring. Villanueva has chosen to pursue a lifelong dream to become a boxer. · The tall , slender but muscular 184pound figure of Villanueva is enough to intimidate at first glance. But as soon as he begins to speak, his physical appearance becomes misleading. Not that his voice doesn' t match the rough and tough stigma that's attached to being a boxer. It's what he says that causes some confusion . The amateur cruiser-weight, with only two fights under his belt, speaks like a .Mar:i Matsu.rnoto/ThE? Times . Ed Villanueva works hard at accomplishing his childhood dream of being a boxer. wise, old man full of positive inspiration
Baseball team can't live up to~ Keith Hattix Staff Writer R a nking teams before they've had a chance to show their stuff could effec t the way they play. When the baseball season began the San Jose Mercury INews ranked the Jags 17th in state. According to San Jose City College first baseman Rashawn Owens, as a result, "The team got a little cocky." "After the first couple of games reality struck, and we realized that we actually had to go out and play," said Owens. T he Jags managed to beat second ranked Chabot College twice out of three games, but still had trouble staying consistent. "The team ha s stayed above .500, because of our defense, and batters Iike catcher Matt Hall," said Owens. However, Owens attributes losses like the Mission College game (20 - I) to weak pitching and lack of work ethic. Although , the team i out of the playoff race they plan to finish strong. On Tuesday, May 4 they beat Skyline 13-8. Today the Jags will face ·the College of San Mateo at home for the final game of their season. The Jags will wrap up the season absent from the playoffs, ranked fourth in their conference and a far cry from their pre-season ranking of 17th in State.
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and humorous, yet insightful , phrases and sayings. "Success is just failure turned inside out," said Villanueva. Villanueva re flected on his life in crime passionately. In the eighth grade he committed his ftrst crime. After drinking alcohol with older friends, Villanueva stepped in a car with the group, and what began as a joyride ended in a car chase with the cops. He escaped only to return to a house of other escapees celebrating the victory over the police and drinking more. "That's when I finally found people that I could relate to," said Villanueva. "I was a follower, not a leader." Despite having both parents at home, Villanueva still felt lonely and unwanted. Both of his parents were heavy heroine and cocaine users and alcoholics. His mother once overdosed in his arms one of his birthdays. "I remember my father teaching me how to drink (alcohol ) while driving without getting caught," said Villanueva. The families disfunction wasn't the only problem Villanueva faced .
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ence Champio nships. Despi te their success in the track season, the mother and daughter can't wait fo r cross country season to begin . "We have what I call 'crosscoun try fever ' ri ght now," j okes Teresa. T he two energetic lad ies seem to have an unlimi ted supply of support and encouragement for each other. Even when they competed against each other in a recent I ,500 meter race, they rooted for each other. "We run for San Jose C ity College; we don ' t mind who gets firs t or second," said Teresa. For their coach, Bob Jones, the prospect have coaching a mother/ daughter combo at first seemed daunting. "I have had twins before, but never a parenUdaughter team," said Jones. "I didn't want Anna to be too much of a mother, she had to learn to be a track athlete and not a mother. It worked out very well." Jones, who considers the duo one of the more dedicated student-athletes he coaches, receives nothing but praises from the girls. "(Jones) is such a beautiful person," Anna said. Teresa added, "He doesn ' t care if you come in first or last, he treats you the same. He's very dedicated, so is (men's head coach) Steven Haas ." The journey that eventually brought the Guardado family to San Jose began in South America in El Salvador. It was 1981 and Anna, a si ngle parent, took her two babies and left to California. "I wa young, with two little kids," recalled Anna, "I am a very curiou person and was curious about (San Jose) and cho e to come and see." Anna had some uncles who met her and her young fa mily at the airport. ·'I liked it here and decided to stay. It is the most beautiful place in the world. I chose correct." In I 994, Anna first attended San Jose City College and was enrolled in the medical assistant program. Little did she know she would return five years later and compete in collegiate athletics with her daughter, and soon, her son. Today Anna's life is a busy one. She works in the mornings, runs in. the afternoons and has a full load of classes in the night. She started her own hou ecleaning company, aptly named Olympic Housecleaning. "If we have a meet in the afternoon, we all do the house together," explains Anna. "My son does the windows outside, while Teresa and I do the inside, and we are done in a hour." Tere a came to City College from Overfelt high school. She participated in cross-country and track since her sophomore year there. "We had our (high school division) finals here." said Teresa gazi ng over toward the San Jose City College track, "and I looked around the track and knew I wanted to come here." Teresa is, like her mom, a full time student. She is in the Adlente program, which provides tutoring and motivation for her success in academics. Teresa also credits her academic focus to her involvement in sports. Teresa has a dream of becoming an orthopedic doctor and hopes of one day attending Stanford or Santa Clara University. Anna wants to attend San Jo eState University and pursue a degree in art. "I can t always follow Teresa," she says with a smi le. "I want memories, " Teresa began, "to show my family when I am older and motivate them in life. I want to show them what I d id." "This is something I never had the chance to do when I was younger," said An na, "I feel like a big star. ' They might not be the best athletes in the world, but their in fec tious attitudes are unbeatable.
Track: Despite be in g undefeated througho ut most of the season, the injury pl augued team fini shed third in the Coast Confere nce Championshi ps in Sa n Francisco on Apri l 12. Softball:City Coll ege takes a 9-7 1oss against West Vall ey College at home on Tuesday. The Lady Jags are at Gavilan today.
Golf: Indi vidu a ls Ste ve Smoot (who has a score of 154), S ha ne Gi o rg ianni ( 158), C lint McDonnell ( 165), Chuck Bonnic i ( 172) and Dave Di eter ( 179) represented San Jose City Coll ege and com peted in the individual portion of the NorCal championships at Diab lo Grand Go l f Course on Tuesday.
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F. Y.I. "For Your Information" • Representatives from Santa Clara University will be in the San Jose City College Careerffransfer center today from lO a.m . to 1 p.m. to answer transfer questions. Thi will be the last college visi tation of the semester.
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• City College's resident dance group 'Dance City Upstarts' wiH be performing in "EQUINOX - Student Spri ng Dance Concert" May 6, 7 and 8. Tickets are $ 10 and $6 at the door. May 6 will be a free preview for students. • Sigma Eta Beta, the City College Cosmetology Club, will be hosting the 39th annual spring style show, "Renaissance Hair and Fashion Expo," in the college theater May I 0 at 2:30p.m. • The 1999 mathematics department book sale will take place the morning of May 12 in the GE quad area. You can bring your oJd math books the morning of the sale or bring them to the math department headquarters in room W-1 0 I. All proceeds will be donated to the Conway Memorial Scholarship Fund. • The Beta Epsilon Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa will be holding its induction ceremony in the City College community room on May 12 at 6 p. m. To R .S.V.P. for the ceremony please call Nancy Gressley at extensio n 3802. • " Fior y Canto -An evening of Mexican Cultural Dance and Music" will be held May 13 and 14. May 13 wi ll be a free preview for stude nts. Donations wi ll be requested at the door on May 14. • Samuel Merritt Co llege open house will be held Saturd ay May 15. For more information call (800) 607-MERRITT or visit their we b site at www.samuelmerritt.edu. • The Spring 1999 Hall of Excellence Awards Ceremony will be he ld Saturday M ay 15 at 6 p.m. The ceremo ny will take place at the Back beat o ff of Lawrence Expressway in the grand ballroom. Tickets cost $20 without as ASB card and $ 15 with an ASB card. Price inc ludes dinner, coffee, dessert and dancin g. Tickets can be purc hased in the Business Services office in room 500. • The C ity Co ll ege Job Pl acement office is hosting a Spring Job Fa ir fro m 9 a.m . to I p. m. on May 19 on the lawn area. Over 60 loca l employer will be here to recruit for full -time and part-time jobs. For any further inform ation call 288-3783. compiled by Times staff
Policy ---------------fr_o_m_p_a_ge- 1 ing. Th e po licy has s in ce bee n viewed and rejected by both senates. S ince all d istric t poli c ies are up fo r rev iew. Clarke decided to clean up the wording o f the po licy whic h now states that it is not reco mmended that in s tr uc tors have sex ual relationships "w here a power differential exists." The documen t doesn' t state that it"s against po li cy for an instructor to have a relationship with a student in his/her class or has a set procedure set down. In the revised copy, Clarke separated the policy statement and the procedure from each other and "ought to make the language clearer. ··r wanted to do this si nce l 'd gotten here:· Clarke said. ·· 1 figured that if I could n "t understand it. how was l going to explain it to other<;.". However. Butl er said that language was still vague in that it prohi hi ted anything that makes a pcr~on uncomfortable. Which covers a lot of ground. Butler also said that the consen~ual relationships policy . hould he taken o ut of the sexual haras. mcnt
policy and set as a policy all to itsel f. The policy is supposed to be viewed and approved by all constituents which includes the Academi c Se nate and the Assoc iated Students Council (ASC). The ASC has rev iewed the proposal, but it has not approved of the changes to the consensual relation . hips pol icy, sa id Jul ie Rieken, ASC president. The ASC was approached about the changes and voiced objections to so me of the wording of the policy and suggested additional change . "'The pol icy and procedu res need to be clear,·· added Lauren Wood, ASC Vice President. She also sai d that the policy needs to be laid out so that the statement and procedures are one. and not eparate. e ntities. Bot h Academic Senates are work ing with the rewritten document to clear up language issues.
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Ignacio Altamirano, James Lick High School, was one of many East Side Union high school students, that came to visit San Jose City College on May 12. Water, knowledge and a brief introduction to the various programs on campus were presented to the visiting students, who chose City College as their first choice to go to college. The program was coor-
dinated by Rosalie Gonzales to familiarize the incoming high school students with the college. " I think every time you have that one on one, you're making friends. That's we were hoping that the kids felt comfortable and welcomed, and that they felt we have good programs, good staff, and just walking away knowing us," said Gonzales.
Y2K virus no threat to City College Shawna Lisk Staff Writer The two-thousand yea r bug, Y2 K, isn' t expected to be a proble m at San Jose C ity Coll ege thanks to the plannin g of the d istrict Informati on Technology Service and Support, (ITSS) department. John Nori ega, an ITSS team member said that, "Everything (in the distri ct) is bas icall y Microsoft oriented and they, (Microsoft) are Y2K compli ant, so our soft ware is Y2 K compli ant as well. " Noriega added that "The mainframe is Y2 K compliant as well. We upda ted the so ftware over the las t year and everything is in order now." The Y2K probl em can be traced back to when the
1950's when computers were firs t being built. As a way to save valuable space programmers used six di gits fo r the dates whe n they wrote computer codes. For exampl e April 24, 1999 wo uld be read as '062499.' The probl em arises in the year 2000 because the las t two digits wo uld be read as '00', this would be computed in the computer as 1900. Thi s error on the part of the computer program could result in miscalcul atio ns of such things as loan payments and malfunctions or complete shut downs. Rosalie Eskew, the director of admi ss ion s and records, has no fear that students li ves at City College will be disrupted due ro the hard work and the "excellence" of the ITSS department.
FCnockOut----------------------------------~fr-orn--pag~ e7 In kindergarten a friend of the family, an older man , began molesting Villanueva and continued to do it on various occasions that went on for three years. "He took my childhood away from me," said Villanu eva. "I d idn' t know who I was ." It was n' t un ti l he was fac in g prison time on assaul t charges that caused him to wake n fro m his slumber. After striking a deal wi th the dist r ict attorney, Vil la n ueva avoided goi ng to prison, instead he was entered in a drug rehab program. There he fo und re ligio n and began to have faith in himself, driving him to earn a General Education Diploma at age 26. "In tead of putting faith in alcohol and dru gs. I turned to God," aid Villanueva. "'I was a victim to a disease that wa taking me over.'" After a 3-year se nten ce. Vi ll anueva wanted to give back to the com munity and hel p the urban youth that are misguided and confused. ··1 wanted to teach the kids that the life tyle I lived doe n"t work."' aid Villanueva.
He then decided to purs ue a career that helps trouble teens. Last year he enrolled in San Jose City College majoring in psychology and c urrentl y has a 3.0 grade point average. " I got to do this until the day I
die," said Vill anueva of working hard to succeed. His success has already crossed over to the ri ng. In only his second fight of his 16 month career, Villanueva has picked up a win and now prepares for more of life's ch allen~es.
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